AI search
Search and answer engines that cite the web: Perplexity, ChatGPT Search, Google AI Mode, Copilot, Grok, and related tools.
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How the ratings work
- Popularity is a 1–5 judgment (halves allowed) of how commonly a product shows up in recent traffic reports, app ranks, or usage leaderboards — relative to the other products on this page, not a computed formula.
- Captions name the source and a “checked Nov 2026” date. If there was no usable source, the caption says “Editorial estimate.”
- Best for is an editorial label of a typical use, not a test score.
- Cost is a five-step scale (Free / $ / $$ / $$$ / $$$$). See “How cost is rated” for the band definitions on this page. Captions cite a source or say the rating is an estimate.
- Scores are relative to the other AI search tools on this page. Several of these products also appear as chatbots; the stars here are about search use, not the parent chat app as a whole.
How cost is rated
- Cost is rated on the typical individual paid plan most people buy, per month, when we could find a published price this session. If the vendor marks a plan as popular or most popular, that is the plan we use. Otherwise we use the ordinary individual paid plan (not the cheapest limited tier, and not an ultra or teams tier). The caption names the plan. Annual “per month” equivalents are noted when the vendor publishes them. Higher ultra tiers do not set the band.
- Free — no individual paid plan is required for the core product.
- $ — under $15 / month.
- $$ — $15–29 / month.
- $$$ — $30–99 / month.
- $$$$ — $100+ / month, or quote-only with no public individual plan found this session.
- If the product is mainly a usage-based API, or no public individual price turned up, the caption says so and the band is an editorial estimate — never an invented dollar amount. Always confirm current pricing with the vendor.
Sources and limits
Perplexity’s 0.8% share in Similarweb’s October 2026 seven-assistant website-visit set is cited where it applies. Google AI Mode lives inside Search and is not measured by those chatbot-site shares. Several rows are editorial estimates.
Independence
This site is ad-free and has no affiliate links. Official-site buttons go straight to the vendor. Stars are not paid placement.
About the icons
The first column is meant to look like the product’s app or site icon. Official vendor or App Store app icons are used when we could find one this session. If not, the tile is a generated initials icon in the same rounded-square style.